Device for loading and unloading corn-shocks



UITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MASON, OF POLO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR LOADING AND UNL-oADlNG ooRN-sHooKs.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,008, dated March Q2, 1864.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. MASON, of Polo, in the county ot Ogle and State ot' Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Method of Loading, Transporting, and Unloading Shocks ot' Corn, Hay, or other Crops, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which makes part ot' this specitication, and which represents a view in perspective ot' a machine embracing my improvement.

It is the object of my invention to load shocks ot` grain, as they stand in theeld, upon a carriage, to transport simultaneously a number of them, and to deliver them wher ever desired in a standing position without handling; to which end the improvement herein claimed consists in attaching" a number of tilting frames (each of which is capable ot lifting, supporting, and delivering a single shock) to a horizontal wagon bed or bottom.

In order to carry out the object ot my invention, I construct and mount upon a suitable carriage a strong frame, having side pieces, each heavy enough to support a tilting frame loaded with a shock, and ot' a length sut'cient to carry the tilting` frame and its load in front oi' the wheels where but two are used, or between the wheels when four are employed, to transport the load, and to project i'ar enough behind the axle of the rear wheels to support an additional tilting frame.

In the accompanying drawing, lwhich represents a convenient arrangement ot` parts i'or carrying out' the object ot' my invention, a suitable carriage, A, is represented as mounted on four wheels, B. A stout frame or hed, C, rests upon this carriage. The side rand cross pieces ot' this frame are strong enough to support the tilting tra mes. Two of the crossbraces, D, project beyond each side ot` the frame and the ends ot the axles in order to support a tilting frame, E F, while a similar frame, G, is pivoted to the projecting rear ends of the side pieces, 0, of the frame behind the hind wheels.

The tilting frames are constructed ot' side pieces, e, and cross-pieces e are supported on axles j, and carry a cord land windlass, H, coutrolled by a pawl and ratchet, I. The axle f may constitute one ot' the cross-braces and l project at each end beyond the side pieces of' may rest upon the projecting ends ot' the bedframe or cross-braces D, and can be there secured by straps or holsters.

These tilting frames must be so pivoted to their several axles as to vibrate freely in a vertical plane without their lower or outer ends touching the ground, and may carry a graduated slotted rack, J, attached to their upper or inner ends, to t'urnish a fulcrum fora hand-lever, K, to aid the attendant to' tilt the frame over on the head when loading the shock or to tilt it up into a vertical position when the shocks are to he unloaded. A

lt is obvious that this arrangement of tilt# ing frames ,upon a wagon-bed enables me to load and unload the crop with great economy ot' manual labor, i'or it is only necessary to drive the wagon to such a position as will permit a shock to be securely attached to one of the tilting frames by the cord or chain hand drawn tightly1 upon itby the windlass H. where it is securely held by the pawl and ratchet I. The lever K is now inserted into the graduated rack J, and the frame, with the shock attached,is drawn over on thebed-fiame C of the wagon, which, when each ot' the tilting frames receives a shock, constitutes a load which can be transported to any desired place of storage, when the frames ar'c again tilted into an upright position by means ot' the lever and the cord or chain removed i'rorn the shock. which again resumes its standing position, having undergone in the removal much less breaking or shaking than it` it had been loaded and unloaded hand.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

The combination ot` two or more tilting frames with the horizontal bed-frame of a cart or wagon, when constructed and arranged substantially in the manner described, t'or the purpos'es set forth.

scribed my naine.

WM. M. MASON.

Witnesses:

EDM. F. BROWN, WM. D. BALDWIN.

the frame far enough to carryjournals, which In testimony whereof l have hereunto sub- 

